Damiris Dantas

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Dantas and the second or paternal family name is do Amaral.
Damiris Dantas
Dantas with the Lynx in 2019
No. 12 – Indiana Fever
PositionCenter
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1992-11-17) November 17, 1992 (age 31)
Ferraz de Vasconcelos, Brazil
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight214 lb (97 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft2012: 1st round, 12th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2010–2011COC/Jundiaí
2011–2012Real Celta Vigo
2012Ourinhos
2013Maranhao
2013–presentAmericana
2014–2015Minnesota Lynx
2015;
2017		Atlanta Dream
2019–2023Minnesota Lynx
2024—presentIndiana Fever
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Guadalajara Team
FIBA AmeriCup
Gold medal – first place 2011 Neiva
Gold medal – first place 2023 León
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Xalapa
Bronze medal – third place 2019 San Juan
South American Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mendoza
World Championship U-19
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Chile

Damiris Dantas do Amaral (born November 17, 1992) is a Brazilian basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[1]

Together with the junior Brazilian team, she won the bronze medal at the Under-19 World Championship in 2011, Chile, and was named Most Valuable Player at that tournament.[2] That same year, Dantas was also champion of the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women with the senior national team,[3] and won a bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games.[4]

Dantas began to play basketball at Janeth Arcain's basketball institute at the age of 13. Within four years, she had become a professional.[5]

Dantas played for Ourinhos in 2012, Maranhão in 2013, and has been in Americana since 2013.[6]

  1. ^ Confederação Brasileira de Basketball – player profile. Archived 2010-09-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 24 October 2011
  2. ^ FIBA U19W – Dantas named MVP, Headlines All-Tournament Team. Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 24 October 2011
  3. ^ ¡Brasil Campeón FIBA Américas 2011 femenino!
  4. ^ "Basketball: Women's Bronze Medal Match 17". Guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19.
  5. ^ Q&A With Janeth Arcain | Part I
  6. ^ LBF Profile